Manual Dirsync Between MS Mail and MS Exchange

This procedure assumes that the reader is familiar with the operation of Dirsync under MS Mail and that MS Exchange has been installed and configured with the MS Mail Connector & a Dirsync Connector in an existing MS Mail site.

In an organization where several MS Mail post offices exist and you have just finished installing an Exchange Server, you may wish to import the MS Mail user list into Exchange. Exchange does not support the MS Mail Admin "Export"ed user list, nor does it support the MS Mail "Import -x" flavour of exported users.

The same results can, however, be achieved through Dir Sync. MS Exchange makes Dir Syncing with MS Mail fairly straight forward:

1. In the Dirsync Connector, "Settings" tab, select "Import on next cycle" and "Export on next cycle";
2. Exchange can be configured to initiate a T1 Requestor DirSync Export throught the Services Control Panel;
3. The MS Mail Dirsync Server T2 processing portion must be performed as previously; and,
4. Exchange automatically initiates the T3 process on the DirSync data.

DirSync Connector

Kick Exchange to perform a Manual T1

PSS ID Number: Q146738
Article last modified on 03-31-1996
PSS database name: EXCHANGE

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0
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SUMMARY
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The Microsoft Exchange Server can act as the directory synchronization
(dirsync) server for Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. It can also act as a
dirsync requestor. This article explains the steps to take if a T1
or T2 cycle is required.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The first thing you need to do is add the following registry entry on the
Exchange Server:
 
1. On the Exchange Server, run REGEDT32.EXE.
 
2. Under the subtree HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE go to the following subkey:
 
      \System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeDX
 
3. From the Edit menu, choose Add Value.
 
4. Type PauseKicksDX as the Value Name.
 
5. Enter REG_DWORD as the Data Type.
 
6. Choose OK.
 
7. Type 1 (number one) as the data, verify HEX is selected in the
   Radix field.
 
The parameter above has the function of triggering a T1 or T2 cycle. If the
Exchange Server is configured as a Requestor then a T1 cycle is triggered.
If the Exchange Server is configured as the dirsync server then a T2 cycle
is triggered.
 
Once the above registry entry is entered to trigger, assuming that your
dirsync server or Requestor is configured in the Exchange Server Admin
program, you can force a T1 or T2 cycle by doing the following:
 
1. Run Control Panel on the Exchange Server, and choose Services.
 
2. Select the Microsoft Exchange Directory Synchronization Service.
 
3. Select the Pause button and answer Yes.
 
   The following message appears:
 
     [STOP] "Could not pause the Microsoft Exchange
     Directory Synchronization service on .
     Error 2140: An internal Windows NT error occurred."
 
   This is a good message. You have triggered either a T1 or T2 cycle,
   depending on whether the Exchange Server is the Directory
   Synchronization Server or the Requestor, respectively.
 

MS Mail Dirsync Server

• Connect to the MS Mail Dirsync Server Post Office (let's say as drive X:)
• Read the Dirsync Data:

          srvmain -r -dX
  

• Process the updates, create the master list and send out the updates:

          srvmain -t -dX